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Islamabad's air quality plummets to hazardous levels
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
According to data from the Pakistan Environmental Protection Agency (Pak-EPA), this alarming rise in air pollution has been largely attributed to construction projects and increasing vehicular emissions.
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Pak: Lahore records AQI reading of 1,067, retains top-slot for world's mos
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
Pakistan's Lahore witnessed a dangerously high air quality index (AQI) reading of 1,067 on Saturday morning, retaining the top city list for the hazardous air quality list in the world, ARY News reported.
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Pakistan: Lahore sees poor response to 'Green lockdown' as city battles se
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
Pakistan's Punjab government declared smog a calamity, implementing a series of measures including a green lockdown in smog hotspots, a ban on polluting activities, and a three-month compulsory leave for children with medical conditions related to air quality.
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US announces USD 850 million to reduce methane pollution from oil, gas sec
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced that applications are open for $850 million in federal funding for projects that will help monitor, measure, quantify, and reduce methane emissions from the oil and gas sectors as part of P
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Pak: Air quality in Islamabad declines amid lack of mitigation measures
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Moreover, the water bodies in and around the federal capital are facing contamination from multiple sources, including industrial discharges, agricultural runoff, and untreated domestic waste. This deterioration in water quality poses serious threats to both public health and aquatic life
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G7 commits to coal phase-out by 2035, says UK minister, setting global cli
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
This landmark decision marks a significant breakthrough in climate policy and sets a precedent for other countries to follow suit.
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US greenhouse gas emissions dropped by 1.9 per cent in 2023: Rhodium Group
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
As mentioned in S&P Global Commodity Insights, this decline is significant as it comes after two years of emissions growth during the post-pandemic economic recovery.
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Kabul's air quality deteriorating: Afghanistan's NEPA
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Afghanistan's National Environmental Protection Agency (NEPA) has reported a significant deterioration in Kabul's air quality over the past month, Khaama Press reported.
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Kabul's air pollution levels tripled over past week, says country's enviro
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
The agency noted that it is making an effort to lower the amount of air pollution in Kabul, but it is unable to do so due to a lack of adequate equipment to measure the level of pollution.
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Afghanistan urges international organisations to resume work on 32 environ
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
The agency's director, Hafiz Aziz Rahman, said: "The international community should not politicise environmental issues. Foreign institutions should resume work on the projects in the field of an environmental improvement costing nearly 824 million US dollars, which have now been suspended."
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Scientists say global warming beyond 1.5 degrees likely
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
According to new research led by scientists at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, the University of Maryland, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, nations can reduce the amount of time spent in a warmer world by making more ambitious climate commitment
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Afghanistan's NEPA criticises lack of Afghan representation at COP27
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The statement of Hafiz Aziz Ahmed comes as the United Nations Climate Change Conference, most commonly referred to as COP27, is being held in Egypt from 6 November to 18 November.
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